England, who have poured significant resources into amateur boxing, topped the table with six gold medals.

It was a highly satisfactory ending to a fortnight that started badly for Indian boxing with a warning for breaking the Games’ strict no needle policy after giving a vitamin injection to an unnamed fighter.

All this comes just a few years after Indian boxing reached a nadir when its federation was effectively expelled by the sport’s amateur world governing body, the International Boxing Association (AIBA), over how it elected its officials.

Now back in the international fold as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), its president Ajay Singh told AFP at the Gold Coast, “Last year a new federation took over and we are trying to ensure that we hold championships in India and have our boxers participate in all international championships.

“We make sure we train our boxers well, make sure we plan their fights well and there’s a great deal of enthusiasm for boxing in India.”

Singh, who has been in the post for 19 months, added boldly, “We expect that in the next two years India will be one of the leading boxing nations in the world.”

So far, so good. At the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealths, India failed to win one gold, underlining the stark improvement since.